Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-04-22
the one who put him in line. There W


the one who put him in line. There wa
no delay in voting.
Cross-examined. Justice was intoxi
GATED. There were forty or fifty in lin'
when went down there.
T. j. DePuy testified that he had re
sided here about five years. He voted
at the White House precinct in the at
ternoon. The line extended around the
corner into Commercial street. dc
thought voting moved along very rapid
ly. There were probably sixty in line
and they voted at the rate of three men
in two minutes.
Cross-examined-It took me not more
than twenty minutes to vote.
George 4. Gard testified that he was
Sheriff Of this county and was candi.
date for reelection. He was at the
White House precinct all day long and
saw no obstruction placed in the way OF
the voters by the officers of election.
Bilderraip, John and Billy Abbott were
there also. They took men out of line
and put them In again: They took men
into a clothing store and into Mother
Browns and after awhile put them back
in line. This was repeated oil day.
The men put in line were Mexicans and
tramps and one was an ex convict. Did
not know who put him in line. Witness
did not put dummies in line, nor did he
know for what reason men were taken
out of line. 1t took him about twenty
minutes to vote and there were then
about forty people in line. He thought
the vote at the White House would be
decreased by the division of the pre-.
cinct by the Supervisors. Bilderrain
had on linen duster and every once In
a while he would put his hands in his
pockets and the coin could be heard
jingling. Witness had heard that the
County Assessor had put men on the
register who had no right to be there.
Cro;s examined-Voted at the noon
hour. Voted for Gard for Sheriff. Was
n,t put in line by Bilderrain or Abbott.
About 4 O'Clock and after the line was
about the same as before. The line
turned the corner several times during
the day. Don't know whether the
tramps were on the Great Register.
Knew fifty of the tramps personally and
and had known them to have travelled
up and down the railroad. Several
came into the city ten days before the
election and some OF them voted. did
not challenge them. None OF those who
were arrested were convicted. They
came up before Republican Justice OF
the Peace, and how they got off do not
know. Mr.. Blennerhassett told me that
illegal registration had been going on in
the Assessors office. There were sever
al Repu ublican workers there, Short,
Ell Hammond and Manning.
R. A. Liug suggested that dummies be
put in line by me.
Re. direct examination. Mr.. Blenner.
hassett said that he had been required
to make out list of names who were
not legal voters. He gave me list OF
about 100 names that he said were OF
persons not entitled to vote.
l. R. Dunkelberger testified that ne
was a candidate for Supervisor at the
asst election. On election day he was at
Hall, the Courthouse and
he Depot precincts. He was at the lat
Ter precinct three hours and was salts
led there was barrel or sack being
,sed. He saw Bilderrain there and he
had on a linen duster. The pockets bore
he imprints of coin and sagged like
,heese bag. Bilderrain took men in the
pack room of the depot but witness did
,ot 90 there. The coin influence was
used entirely on the Democratic side.
Cross.examined. Bilderrain had on
light colored coat. would not bet 50 to
loo that the imprint was of coin in his
pocket.
Adjourned until this morning at 10
,,clock